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President's Message

Dear Friends,

2014 was another banner year for PETA and the animals we defend.

As described by The Saratogian’s horse-racing columnist, PETA’s first-of-its
kind eyewitness investigation of horse drugging at Saratoga Race Course and Churchill
Downs “exploded like a nuclear bomb in the racing community.”

In a major victory for baby seals—won with PETA’s help—the World Trade
Organization upheld the European Union’s ban on seal fur imports, a landmark step
toward protecting animals under international trade law.

The shocking footage from our wool industry exposé has been viewed 3.8 million times,
and more than 65 apparel companies have begun displaying our new “PETA-Approved
Vegan” logo in response to consumer demand for animal-friendly clothing!

Thousands of people on three continents heard PETA’s message of compassion in person
as a result of my “Naked Truth” wake-up tour. Following a speech at Harvard Law
School by the PETA Foundation’s director of animal law about the cruelty of SeaWorld,
the Harvard Law Record—the oldest law school newspaper in the nation—wrote:
“Orca captivity is barbaric, inhuman and a gross violation of the rights of a highly
intelligent and deeply feeling creature. The work of people like [the PETA Foundation’s
director of animal law] makes apparent that generations to come will one day look
upon such practices with eyes filled with shame and disgust.”

PETA’s strong outreach efforts among the fastest-growing demographic in the U.S.—the
Latino community—reached millions.
PETA Latino’s website was visited by more than 10 million people, our Spanish-language
“Glass Walls” agribusiness exposé was viewed by more than 1.3 million people, PETA
Latino’s Facebook page posts reached an average of 30 million people each month,
and our campaign issues were covered by such top Spanish-language media outlets
as the Miami newspaper el Nuevo Herald, El Universal (Mexico’s
largest newspaper), People en Español, CNN en Español, Univision, Telemundo,
and MundoFox.

Of course, none of this exciting progress for animals would have happened without
the help of our members and supporters, for whom we are grateful every day. I wish
to extend special thanks to our Vanguard Society, Augustus Club, and Investigations
& Rescue Fund members. The victories for animals on the following pages are dedicated
to all of you!